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2. Endodonta (Charopa) coma, Gray, var. multicostata, n.var. 



Shell small, subdiscoidal, umbilicated, pale fuscous with a few pale- 

 brown spots, dull, thiu, and semi-transparent. Whorls 5J, convex, 

 slowly and regularly increasing, ornamented with slightly curved 

 close ribs, about 1 1 per millimetre, curving slightly backward until 

 they cross the periphery, straight on the base, interstices between the 



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Endodonta coma, Gray, var. mnlticostafa, u. 



ribs ornamented with fine growth-lines. Spire a little elevated, flatly 

 convex, embryonic shell smooth ; sutures not deep. Aperture oblique, 

 Innately rotund, peristome straight, acute ; umbilicus broad, conical, 

 nearly half the diameter, showing all the volutions ; base rounded. 

 Diam. 4'3, height 2 16 mm. 



JIah. — AVaiiganui, Korth Island (E,. M.). 



This shell may be distinguished from E. coma, Gray, and E. pseudo- 

 coma, Suter, by the ribs being firm and much closer together. It may 

 prove to be a distinct species, but, with only a single dead example 

 for comparison, it seems better to unite it with £. coma, to which 

 in many respects it is closely allied. 



3. Flammuliwa (Phenacohelix) perplexa, n.sp. 



Shell globosely depressed, iimbilicated, pale brown, base occasionally 

 darker, spotted and reticulated with brown, the reticulations frequently 



FUnnmidlna perplexa, n.sp. 



extending over the whole shell, most developed on the upper surface, 

 usually a few larger spots near the sutures, dull, thin, and semi- 

 transparent. Whorls 5, convex, gradually increasing, body- whorl 



